- The
metasoma is the
posterior part of the body, or tagma, of
arthropods whose body is
composed of
three parts, the
other two
being the
prosoma and the...
- Gr**** γαστήρ 'belly, paunch') is the
bulbous posterior portion of the
metasoma found in
hymenopterans of the
suborder Apocrita (bees,
wasps and ants)...
- posterior, the
metasoma or post-abdomen.
External differences between the ****es are not
obvious in most species. In some, the
metasoma is more elongated...
- body is
composed of
three parts, the
other two
being the
prosoma and the
metasoma. It
bears the legs, and, in the case of
winged insects, the wings. In hymenopterans...
- and
gaster (abdominal
segments 2 and onward) are
collectively called the
metasoma.
Unlike other arthropods,
insects possess no legs on the
abdomen in adult...
-
distinct sections (formally
known as tagmata): the head, mesosoma, and
metasoma. The
petiole forms a
narrow waist between their mesosoma (thorax plus the...
- the
worker ant, the
abdomen consists of the
propodeum fused to the
thorax and the
metasoma,
itself divided into the
narrow petiole and
bulbous gaster....
- when the
wings are
folded over the body, the metanotum, propodeum, and
metasoma are
often obscured. The
tegula covers the base of the wing. A
small chalcidoid...
- body of an
apocritan in a
technical sense, to
refer to the
mesosoma and
metasoma (or gaster)
rather than the "thorax" and "abdomen", respectively. The evolution...
- a
middle section called a mesosoma, and a
posterior section called a
metasoma. The
mesosoma is
formed by
fusion of the
first abdominal segment or propodeum...
